Winter fruit and seasonal produce bring around 150 selected exhibitors to Saoû’s Foire aux fruits d’hiver. Apples, chestnuts, walnuts, honey, preserves and Picodon share the stalls with craftwork. Music accompanies the fair, while wood-fired soup and mulled wine are among the foods and drinks served during the gathering.
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La Motte-Chalancon Weekly Market
La Motte-Chalancon’s Provençal market changes scale with the seasons, from a small winter gathering to a summer market with around seventy traders. The food stalls sell goat cheeses alongside fresh fruit and vegetables from the region. Clairette and other local wines are also among the products offered by the traders.
Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne Weekly Market
Around sixty food producers take part in Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne’s market. Dombes fish, cheese, poultry, game and charcuterie share the stalls with seasonal fruit and vegetables. Flowers, young plants and live poultry add to the selection, while a separate stretch of stalls sells manufactured goods including clothing and furniture.
Buis-les-Baronnies Provençal Market
Olives, cheeses and Baronnies apricots are among the foods sold at Buis-les-Baronnies’ Provençal market. Local producers and food artisans share the stalls, with honey, olive oil, fruit and vegetables changing the shopping basket through the seasons. The market expands in summer, spreading from the arcades into more of the village’s streets and squares.
Bourg-d’Oisans Market and Local Makers
The Bourg-d’Oisans market brings cheese, charcuterie, sausages, honey and olive preparations together with clothing and craft stalls. Producers from the Route des Savoir Faire also take part. Their Oisans network includes farmers, breeders, artists and museums, whose work spans agriculture and local crafts. The market is free to enter.
Marché du Puy-en-Velay
Farmers, breeders, craftspeople and gatherers meet at this traditional market in Le Puy-en-Velay. Seasonal stalls range from small red fruits to mushrooms, alongside honey and artisan gingerbread. A local speciality is raw-milk Velay farm cheese with its artisons. Farm-reared poultry and milk-fed lamb also feature among the produce.
Fête de la Pomme à Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard
Saint-Aignan-le-Jaillard gives its salle polyvalente over to the apple. Juice is made on the spot from the fruit, beignes are offered for tasting and for sale, and the catering sticks to the same theme. A marché fermier and a présentation de métiers anciens run alongside, so old rural trades are worked in front of the crowd. Wooden games, pony rides and archery keep the children busy, while Les Mauvais Garçons du Loiret provide the music.
La Harmoye Producers’ Market and Fest-Noz
Basket weaving, handmade toys and wild-plant tasting are among the workshops at La Harmoye’s producers’ market. The gathering concludes a biodiversity inventory at Vanessa Verger’s farm, connecting the programme with the surrounding living environment. A fest-noz follows the market, with Breton dancing, refreshments and wood-fired pizzas.
Longchaumois Organic Fair
Humeur Bio’s organic fair in Longchaumois brings local producers and craftspeople together around the theme of building your own home. Talks, documentaries and environmental activities accompany the market. POKOR LER performs Maloya and Sega, blending standards from Réunion’s Creole repertoire with original compositions alongside the fair’s sustainable-living programme.
Ranch Jack Anniversary Day
Ranch Jack celebrates two decades through horses, rural skills and the community that grew around the centre in Le Moutoux. Local farmers and craftspeople fill the market, while riders contest the in-house horseback archery and Équifun finals before equestrian demonstrations. Younger guests can meet the ponies in a village designed for first rides, giving families a direct introduction to the ranch. Displays about Ranch Jack trace an unusual story that began in Martinique before crossing the Atlantic and taking root in the Jura. A Creole meal carries that Caribbean connection into the shared table, alongside refreshments and food available throughout the gathering. A raffle and the varied programme bring competitors, makers and neighbours together around the ranch’s anniversary.